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Legacy Act means almost completed inquest is closed down

The prime suspect in a border bombing which killed two children 50 years ago has denied any involvement in the atrocity and called on those responsible to come clean.

A group supporting victims of convicted sex offender Michael Shine is calling on the governemnt to intervene in a dispute over legal fees that has resulted in a...

The scene of the 1974 bombing on South Leinster Street near the center of Dublin. By Mairead Carey and Louise Carroll, Contributors The bombs went off during the Dublin rush-hour, at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 1974. Three car bombs exploded on Parnell Street, Talbot Street and South Leinster Street in the center of Dublin. An hour and a half later another bomb exploded on North Road, in the border town of Monaghan. There had been no warnings. In all, 33 people, including a pregnant woman, were killed and hundreds were injured. It was the greatest loss of life in an...

The Belturbet bomb: an atrocity that time forgot RTÉ Investigates has uncovered a series of new details that shed light on a 1972 car bombing that killed two teenagers in Co Cavan. • 3 Feb 2021 RTÉ Investigates Sculptor Mel French regards the bronze statue in Belturbet as her most personal project. Two handsome figures – a long-haired schoolgirl with dancing shoes and an athletic young man with a football at his feet – face out onto Main Street. These sculptures represent two teenagers, local girl Geraldine O'Reilly, 15, and Paddy Stanley, 16, from Clara, Co Offaly, both of whom peri...